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soundPool.load() inside (wait) Thread?

Hey I want to load sounds on a soundPool inside a Thread which contains a sleep command. The block I am talking about looks like that:

Thread wait = new Thread() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
       try {

          sleep(800);
          soundsMap.put(SOUND5, soundPool.load(this, R.raw.w5, 1));

       } catch (InterruptedException e) {
          // blub
       } finally {

       }
    }
 };
 wait.start();

Eclipse marks an error at load and writes:

The method load(Context, int, int) in the type SoundPool is not applicable for the arguments (new Thread(){}, int, int)

Has anyone an idea how I can solve this? I don't really understand what the message wants to tell me.

Solution

  • The three-argument form of SoundPool.load() takes a Context reference as an argument. Activity extends Context, so if you're writing code in an Activity sub-class you can just use this.

    You're not doing that -- you're in a generic Thread instance -- and the compiler is letting you know.

    To fix this you'll need to reference your Activity instance from your Runnable class, and pass that as the first argument to load().